Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum: June 18th

[ace3g]

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MAIN CARD (Showtime)

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

PRELIMINARY CARD (HDNet)

Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante vs. Justin Wilcox
Magno Almeida vs. Conor Heun
Nah-Shon Burrell vs. Joe Ray
Mike Bronzoulis vs. Todd Moore
Brian Melancon vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg


* - Not officially announced

[polandprzem]

Some good matchups and Cormier and Carano and Masvidal vs Noons :tu

[ace3g]

just twitter updates:

BREAKING: Gina Carano has been pulled from the Strikeforce card next weekend. Could not get medical clearance. #Strikeforce

K.J. Noons vs. Jorge Masvidal bumped up to the main card for Strikeforce on June 18 with Gina Carano out. #Strikeforce @KJNoons

[ace3g]

Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Draws Will Go To “Sudden Death” Round

The next round of the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament is set to continue this weekend in Texas with bouts featuring Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum and Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers.

Two Grand Prix tournament bouts have already taken place, with Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva and Sergei Kharitonov moving into the semi-finals.

This weekend a new rule will be implemented by the promotion to decide a winner for all tournament bouts for any bouts which are scored a draw at the end of three rounds. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker explained to MMAFighting.com that a new rule would “determine who advances or who wins based on the fighter’s overall performance in the fight.”

Before the change the scores from a fourth judge would determine the winner. Now all draws will go to a fourth “sudden death” round to determine a winner for the GP tournament.

This weekends Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum event is set to take place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. The main card is set to air on Showtime, while the preliminary card is scheduled to air live on HDNet.

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[strosFan2]

I'm really hoping this sudden death doesn't need to take effect in these matches! I want major finishes!

[dbreiden83080]

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)

Violent KO

Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)

Wrestling..

Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
wrestling..

Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem

Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

[ace3g]

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
-----At the press conference today, everyone mentioned on twitter that Rogers was much slimmer now
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

[ace3g]

Werdum 246 Overeem 256 http://twitpic.com/5cyz0w

[HighLowLobForBig-50]

werdum
barnett
cormier
griggs
noons

[strosFan2]

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

[Stringer_Bell]

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

[polandprzem]

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons




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[Spurtacus]

I assume its not too late to make my picks. Not too familiar with these fighters but I will try my hand.

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

[ace3g]

Waste of the last prelim

Strikeforce Results: Gesias “JZ” Cavalcante vs. Justin Wilcox is a No Decision (Accidental Eye Poke) at 0:31, R2 #STRIKEFORCE #MMA

[dbreiden83080]

I assume its not too late to make my picks. Not too familiar with these fighters but I will try my hand.

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Josh Barnett vs. Brett Rogers (heavyweight grand-prix opening round)
Daniel Cormier vs. Jeff Monson
Chad Griggs vs. Valentijn Overeem
Jorge Masvidal vs. K.J. Noons

Not too late at all.. The top 3 picks should all go like you picked.. The last 2 are tougher. It's a good card though..

[ace3g]

Griggs gets GnP ref stoppage win over Overeem, he wasn't defending himself on the ground

[dbreiden83080]

WTF is Cormier doing fighting at HW? He is not even 5'11 and is soft as hell at 240 pds..

205 is calling..

[ace3g]

I was just about to say something like this, he reminds me of Fedor, with his frame. But he needs to fight some better competition as well.

[dbreiden83080]

Monson looks old and done

[dbreiden83080]

Yo Ace Batman 89 for life.. :toast

[ace3g]

Yo Ace Batman 89 for life.. :toast

Hell yeah, one of my favorite movies, plus without '89 Batman you probably don't have BB and TDK.

[dbreiden83080]

Hell yeah, one of my favorite movies, plus without '89 Batman you probably don't have BB and TDK.

The best Batman to me..


Monson should call it a career. He looked horrible..

[ace3g]

Easy win for Cormier; 2-0 on my predictions, lets go Noons

[dbreiden83080]

2-0 for me too

I need a 5-0 night..

[dbreiden83080]

Noons on the ground.. :depressed

[ace3g]

Noons back up

[dbreiden83080]

Fuck

Noons is done..

[ace3g]

can Noons survive

[dbreiden83080]

Noons is tired and has little power left

[ace3g]

Noons needs to finish here

[dbreiden83080]

Noons got that bell rung early and it's been all downhill since..

[dbreiden83080]

2-1

Fuck..

[ace3g]

Lets go Rogers and Overeem!!!

[dbreiden83080]

If Rogers beats Barnett than Josh just well


sucks..

[ace3g]

Well no big deal that I got this one wrong, wasn't sure who would win , but when I heard Rogers was in better shape than normal for the weigh ins, I gave him a chance.

[ace3g]

That fight looked identical to Couture vs Toney

[ace3g]

speaking of couture, Overeem wearing a Xtreme Couture shirt

[ace3g]

I hate when BJJ guys do this...

[resistanze]

:lol @ this fight

[ace3g]

There you go Werdum, if you want to get him to the ground , take him there

[resistanze]

I hate when BJJ guys do this...

But Overeem isn't even landing shit...Werdum's stand up has been better, which is sad.

[resistanze]

There we go Overeem....

[ace3g]

Werdum you have good Muay Thai as well, use it

[ace3g]

If what Guida and other wrestlers do is "lay and pray" then what do you call BJJ....

[ace3g]

If you are going to do BJJ, do it from top, not the bottom, better perspective for the judges eyes

[mystargtr34]

Is anyone winning this fight?

[ace3g]

4th round coming up?

[mystargtr34]

Overeem 'wins'

[dbreiden83080]

Well the Main event sucked ass..


This pisses me off slightly because i pay for Showtime and expected a better night of fights than that..

Overeem is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than that.. All he did was load up and try to bomb Werdum with a big shot.. How did one judge give Werdum a round there?? :lol

[dbreiden83080]

Is anyone winning this fight?

Reem won easy he just looked like shit doing it..

[Stringer_Bell]

I missed the fight, watching it now.

I have Werdum 10-9 after one round. 19-19 after round 2. Overeem wins 28-29.

I'm really interested in a Mir vs Werdum retirement match, winner stops being the Main Event forever. Nah, but for real, I am interested in what would be a good clinch/bjj fight at HW.

[ace3g]

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[UsAirlinesLetter]

wow it's the best match up....Ovareem is animal energy he can fight as long as he can...werdum is the great submission fighter.....



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